Definition of feverish
1a : tending to cause feverb : having the symptoms of a feverc : indicating or relating to fever
2 : marked by intense emotion, activity, or instability feverish excitement
feverishly
adverbfeverishness
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Examples of feverish in a Sentence
She was feeling tired and feverish.
He had a feverish appearance.
Recent Examples of feverish from the Web
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While Fifth Harmony’s release is a romantic summer track in line with the group’s discography, Cabello offers a slower, feverish song made for summer nights.
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As Saddam’s body was taken out of the execution chamber, a feverish crowd began to beat and spit on him.
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Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles, which had aroused feverish expectations and lived up to all of them.
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Infected by this feverish atmosphere, the American Psychological Association recently announced the Decade of Behavior, a hopeful follow-up to the recently expired Decade of the Brain.
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First Known Use of feverish
14th century
FEVERISH Defined for English Language Learners
feverish
playDefinition of feverish for English Language Learners
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: having a fever : suffering from a higher than normal body temperature caused by illness
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: of or relating to a fever
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: involving intense emotion or activity : feeling or showing great or extreme excitement
FEVERISH Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of feverish for Students
1 : having a fever a feverish child
2 : characteristic of or relating to a fever a feverish nightmare
3 : showing great emotion or activity : hectic … he belonged to the daytime world of feverish activity. — Betsy Byars, The Summer of the Swans
feverishly
adverbMedical Dictionary
feverish
playMedical Definition of feverish
1: showing symptoms indicating fever (as increased heat and thirst or delirium) : having a fever the patient is feverish; specifically : abnormally hot the child's forehead felt feverish
2: of or indicating fever a feverish condition
3: infected with or tending to cause fever a damp, feverish, unhealthy spot—R. L. Stevenson
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